Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30

National League games by innings, so that next
made BY the washington club without trouble
and delay. The following table gives the stand
Ing Of the clubs for the first week:
Won. Lost.
Athletics. .............................
aICieo
LIE Droits ...............,..... O
1AoAuucntaLS U
ECHOES FROM THE BALL FIELD.
Sadie HOuck Is playing good ball down East.
The Boston club Is now $4,000 ahead OF the
That was hard luck for the New Yorks not to
Nike Kelly still thinks that he can bring the
BostOns out at the top.
Arson Is forty years Of age, and Deacon White
thirty mime years OF age.
The distance between the home plate and second
base Is LIT feet and q fraction.
Radbourn, OF the BostOns, recently held the Chi
Cages down to two actual hits
The P1ttsburg club is striving hard to wrest the
tail-end honors from Indianapolis.
Smith, OF Pittsburg, In recent games, has stolen
more bases than any other two men in the club
Since BurdOck recovered from his injuries he has
been playing better game than ever for Boston.
When there Is man on first base the catcher Is
not obliged TO catch the fourth STRIKE Otherwise
he Is.
It is said that rich old gentleman, who was an
admlrer OF base ball, has left the Oshkosh club
Sam Crane viii be on the market again. He
does not come up TO Kansas Citys idea Of playing,
The weakness of the Detroit pitchersis generally
believed to be the cause OF the many games lost
In all the time he was captain of the New Yorks
Johnny Ward is said to have fined but three men
keefe, Common, and Deasley.
Manager Phillips, OF Pittsburg, attributes Nor
MS recent great games to the hot weather. which
wa was at Washington, "hot enough to fry eggs on
Ex-League Umpire Wilson says that nobody but
Daily, the lightning all-around catcher OF Chicago,
could hold Van Haltren's delivery, as it Is the
Wan The great NoytRWester N 4eaaus ptcher
who held the DetrOitS down to two hits in the
spring, still continues his good work In the box.
season.
Mike Kelly says that the secret OF q good out
IS hit And hs the nai on the
mead and how scarce are the outnelders that act
ON this point.
trying hard TO spoil Ed. Daily. They think Phila-
delphia made a mistake IN letting him 20. Every
time he does anything on the Washington grounds
A mathematician has estimated that when
Chamberlain and Mullane, who are among the
with their utmost speed it travels at the rate of
$50 feet per second.
1t is said that nearly all of the Philnes have had
their salaries raised; that the salaries OF the
leased players were distributed around among the
working members of the team. This may account
for their recent squirt.
Dunlap's nelding average is ISL. In his last
thirty games he had six errors, put out 95
men and assisted In diSpOStng of 1O7, an average
that Dunlap may not be able to play again this
year.
Manager Caylor, of the Metropolitan club, is in
FAVOR OF having regular stan OF salar1ed scorers
one appointed for each city. The scorers he ar
gued, should be appointed In the same manner as
the umpireS The system would be check against
Calvin, OF the Pittsburgs, has the art OF alter.
ing MS pace without changing his motion better
IMAM Any Otner pitcher In the country. He uses
apparently the same effort In pitching slow ball
as ne does In sending In speedy ones 1t is this
faculty which deceiveS the baLSmen.
secretary Hewett is quoted in an exchange as
saying: 1--WE are doing very well. We have cleared
about $12 600 since the season began, though we
making money right along, and the daily receipts
at Capitol Park are increasing in the most salts
factory way. We voted for the guarantee and are
entrely pleased with the results OF its operation"
A funny thing happened In the game between
the Louisville and Metropolitan clubs recently.
White was at the bat and started to dodge bali,
at the same time bringing his bat around Ashe did
so the ball struck 1t fair and square and flew down
10 second base, where 1t was caught up from the
ground by the baSeman. Every body thought 1t
was hit, but White stared stupidity at the umpire
until he was called out, when he threw down his
bat with a furious look.
Arson was asked the other day why he didn't
score MS home run In the Washington game ON
the 18th and prevent whitewash, Instead of re-
manning at third His reply shows how he plays
ball. II was: "One run wouldn't have been of any
service TO US. don't mind the whitewash; that
doesn't trouble me at all; whatI wanted was runs,
and II by staying at third and increasing our
chances for run getting We could gain any sort OF
advantage .1. that was the thing to do. 1t didn't
work, but 1t might have done It."
Won der Ahe'S change on the percentage CUES
tlon was quite sudden. Two years ago he was
against percentage, taking the ground that every
have been winning with regularity the attendance
on the home grounds, except when a drSt-class
CLUB Is present Is very light. Now the president
system, and says he will demand 1t OF the AssOca-
ton next year. He thinks his club Is making too
much money for other managers
Ramsay, OF the LOuisvileS pitches the most de-
ceptive drop ball OF any pitcher In the profession
1t leaves his left hand at about the height OF the
shoulder takes an eliptcal course until it is with
In three or four feet OF the home plate when it
shoots suddenly across the home plate and drops
almost behind right-hand batsmans right foot.
This ball Is very speedy, and he uses 1t repeatedly
while the catcher is standing back near the grand
stand. He invariably gets three strikes on the
strike, for this is a dangerous ball to pitch when
the catcher Is up behind the bat
1he as Is sae9 thing as
batsmen, when they step to the plate, drive away
at the ball, caring not where they send it so long
as they hit 1t sound and hard. AnsOns system Is
different one. With quick, sharp stroke he
Will send bali on q dead line between short and
second second and trst along the base line just
the heads OF the inIielders 10 right or LETT
center. sometimes the ball goes sailing up into
| when it does somebody on the bases is pretty
sure TO cross the plate On the sacrtnce.-Chicado
| Journal
Among the Boating Men.
| TIE COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB
The large variety Of athletic sports afforded by
the club does not seem TO detract from the interest
taken In rowing, and large number Of men show
Columbia cOlors on the water every evening.
Ellis Ward is expected to arrive next week, ana
preparations for the fall regatta will begin in
| earnest. There Is an unusually large number of
men DESTROYS OF q seat in the junior four and
there Is every reason to believe that the struggle
In this event Will be more than ordinarily excit-
/ ing. AS lar as the senior four and gig crew are
concerned, the number OF eligible oarSmen Is SUI
| ncieptly large TO turn out strong crews As has
been stated In The STAR, an effort will be made to
have separate crew for the gig, and It Is believed
That this scheme, II successful will react favora-
ply on the genera! average OF speed attained by
the senior four and eight.
The program OF athletic games, which was post
poned from wednesday evening. was completed at
Anaiostan Island last evening. The Blues won
the running broad Jump. standing broad Jump,
1 lhree,lesged race, and tug OF war, the latter by
| DEFAULT rs the Blues team failed to appear.
4 Ihert Is good deal OF interest taken In the
coming rine match, and 1t Is proposed TO increase
| the NUMBER OF men In each team In order TO afford
all who Gestre IL chance test their marksman-
] snip. ). w. Stinemetz has charge Of the arrange